its a quite simple car, infact its repairs are quite some magnitudes easy to work on compared to civics and corollas. I would have no problem in buying it too, infact I would look for the 1.6 GTi version (quite playful)
I think the people you are meeting are general stereotype people of Pakistan for them, all phones would be nokia, all cars should be corolla, all clothe irons should be national, all blenders should be moulinex.
There are other choices out there, and the best Pakistani practive (H) - spare parts are cheap and plenty